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03/25/2022
CSDE Releases Comprehensive Condition of Education Report
Report shows the impacts of the pandemic on an increasingly diverse student and staff population
(Hartford, CT) - The Connecticut State Department of Education, under the Leadership of Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker is pleased to release the 2020-2021 Condition of Education Report. This report is CSDE’s yearly status report on public education in the state of Connecticut.
School year 2020–21 presented a unique set of challenges due to the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some key takeaways include the following:
- Student enrollment is increasingly more diverse than five years ago.
- The racial/ethnic composition of the teaching force changed. The percentage of nonwhite educators has increased from 8.1 percent (approximately 4,300 educators) in 2014-15 to 10.0 percent (approximately 5,300 educators) in 2020-21.
- State summative assessment data from 2020-21 revealed that in all grades and across most student groups, those who learned in-person during the 2020-21 school year lost the least ground academically. Those who learned in hybrid or remote models showed substantially weaker achievement and growth during the pandemic.
- The four-year high school cohort graduation rates continue to increase (88.8 percent for the cohort of 2020) while the graduation rate gap between most student groups continues to shrink. Connecticut’s graduation rate also remains higher than the national average.
- For more detailed information read the full Condition of Education Report.
“The Connecticut State Department of Education has made it a priority to provide the Condition of Education report on a yearly basis, and even during a pandemic, we were able to maintain this essential service while standing up new data collections to monitor the impacts of the pandemic on our students,” said Education Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker. “This data provides the Department and stakeholders with a snapshot of education in Connecticut and allows the State Department of Education to make data-informed decisions to improve outcomes for all students.”
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For Immediate Release: March 25, 2022
CSDE Contact:
Eric Scoville
Connecticut State Department of Education
E-Mail: Eric.Scoville@ct.gov
860-424-1988 (cell)
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Media Contact: Eric Scoville
Connecticut State Department of Education
E-Mail: Eric.Scoville@ct.gov
860-424-1988 (cell)
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